All right. A few of you asked, so here’s the extremely rough demo I recorded for this song. It’ll probably end up being about a half-step higher and with more arrangement — this is just me getting it down on disk. So don’t expect great singing or high fidelity.
Not In This World (Or The Next One) Music + lyrics by Joshua Ellis
I’m a good soldier I march like they tell me My feet fall in time When I stop moving I stare at your picture And I trace the lines
Of your eyes and your mouth And your hair as it falls In fractured waves I put you back in my pocket And I count the days
But I am sunburnt and sand-blinded And I’m lost in space I disappear in the whiteness I am erased
Never again Never again Never again Will I laugh at your lies Never again Never again Not in this world Or the next one
Wear that gray dress that you wore on the day When we went to the zoo Watching the animals climbing for shelter And I looked for shelter in you
But now I’m surrounded by bullets Screaming like ghosts Of all of the things that I’ve left I think I will miss you the most
But if it wasn’t this it would be something else And I am no longer afraid This is all anyone gets And I am not ashamed
Never again Never again Never again Will I beg at your feet Never again Never again Not in this world Or the next one
Never again Never again Never again Will I call you up Drunk and afraid Never again Never again Never again Will I break any promise I’ve made
I would ask you to forget me My name and my face Lock all the doors of my memory And throw all the keys away
Go out and get drunk and get crazy And start a new life Ghosts have no need for companions And no need for wives
Never again Never again Never again Will I haunt you Never again Never again Not in this world Or the next one
Never again Never again Never again Will I haunt you Never again Never again Not in this world Or the next one
Dude, I really think you have a lot of talent. I mean it. That Scatterlings and Refugees song sounds like it could (and should) be on the radio. If you get a chance, please let me know what kind of program you use. Not that I would be any good with it, but I am curious to just play around with it myself.
It’s funny. Elton John said recently that the internet should be banned because it’s stopping people from being creative and there is no more good music coming out. I think he’s wrong. I think the internet has done just the opposite. It makes people MORE creative and gives people more of a drive to create… people don’t have to be accepted by some big record label to get their material out there.
Hell, you know this already…
Billy Kess
I’m all goosebumpy.
Waiting on the acapella joint with Chuck D……..
It actually has a melody! I like it!
I made my comment prior to listening to that song, so I didn’t give my feedback. I think it’s great. Kind of like soft rock / folk style. I think if he keeps pounding away with these songs, someone is going to pick up on him eventually and he’ll make it big. I’d like to see it happen. When he’s on tour doing sold out shows and filling up stadiums in every state, I can say “I used to read that guy’s blog!” lol
That’s pretty good, Josh.